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Trevor Smith @trevzorftw.bsky.social · 2d

I don't think I like Borderlands 4. It's not that it's a bad game. It's fine. I miss the power fantasy of getting super powerful and mercing low level baddies

I actually hate that this is a thing that permeates popular gaming. If the world scales with you, why bother getting stronger?

Trevor Smith @trevzorftw.bsky.social · 7d

Don't microwave your eggs to poach them. Just don't.

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Trevor Smith @trevzorftw.bsky.social · 9d

I've watched enough episodes of Company Man to be celebrating a leveraged buy out. If what Jason is saying turns out to be true, being saddled with $20Billion in debt is going to be a crazy hole to dig out of.

I hope all my EA friends are doing ok with it.

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Trevor Smith @trevzorftw.bsky.social · 11d

Beautiful day, today

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Trevor Smith @trevzorftw.bsky.social · 14d

This has become my song of 2025. It's wild and scary times out there.
youtu.be/Yz4nAkHQVt8

Red

YouTube video by Jesse Welles - Topic

youtu.be

Trevor Smith @trevzorftw.bsky.social · 20d

Just remember:
ABC = Disney
Fox = Disney
Lucas (Star War Franchises) = Disney
Hulu = Disney

Voting with your wallet is hard, especially across juggernaut companies who seem to own all the things you love, but it can be done.

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Trevor Smith @trevzorftw.bsky.social · 23d

You think I was going to make cookie dough and not bake cookies? Breh...

Trevor Smith @trevzorftw.bsky.social · 24d

Tradition states that, for the best results, Eddie must oversee production.

Vanilla bourbon ice cream with homemade chocolate chip cookie dough.

Eddie, the mascot for Iron Maiden, adorns a home ice cream machine. This makes the ice cream taste better and you can't prove otherwise.

Homemade vanilla ice cream with homemade chocolate chip cookie dough.

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Trevor Smith @trevzorftw.bsky.social · 29d

Chili dogs with homemade chili. Big fan

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Trevor Smith @trevzorftw.bsky.social · Aug 27

Announcing a game is a huge milestone for folks in the gaming industry and I am hyped that we've announced March of Giants today!

See our announcement here:
www.amazongames.com/en-us/news/a...

Sign up for our upcoming Alpha here:
playmog.games/requestMOGac...

March of Giants, a New Free-to-Play War MOBA From Amazon Games Montreal, Begins Closed Alpha Testing

Players in North America can request access now to provide feedback on a brand-new competitive MOBA for PC from the team behind Rainbow Six Siege.

www.amazongames.com

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Trevor Smith @trevzorftw.bsky.social · Aug 26

No one loves a freshly vacuumed floor more than a cat owned by millennial DINKs.

A black cat passed out on a cream carpet in front of an orange cat toy. The carpet is clean, but for how long?

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Trevor Smith @trevzorftw.bsky.social · Aug 25

Chamoy is generally liquid, chamoy gummy worms would be "wet" by origin, right?

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Trevor Smith @trevzorftw.bsky.social · Aug 23

Working Saturday morning means I make a breakfast sando.

A delicious sausage breakfast sandwich. Homemade. Cheese is gooey. Sausage is perfect. A brioche bun locking it in.

Trevor Smith @trevzorftw.bsky.social · Aug 21

Time to get a special set of dice to commemorate the occasion! I still have my first set of dice from when I was 12 😄

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Trevor Smith @trevzorftw.bsky.social · Aug 18

Went to Cowboy Star in San Diego for this quarter's installment of Fancy Date Night.

Padres fans notwithstanding, top 3 steak of my life and the best Mac and Cheese ever. HIGHLY RECOMMEND if you are in the area.

Trevor Smith @trevzorftw.bsky.social · Aug 16

This is why I have allergies.

Trevor Smith @trevzorftw.bsky.social · Aug 16

Damn that's a fat sando

Trevor Smith @trevzorftw.bsky.social · Aug 13

Cold lasagna with extra sauce is one of my favorites.

So good

Some cold out of the fridge lasagna topped with extra marinara on top. Fuck, that looks good.

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Trevor Smith @trevzorftw.bsky.social · Aug 11

Come on, Skip.

a man in a black jersey says it is only game why you heff to be mad .

ALT: a man in a black jersey says it is only game why you heff to be mad .

media.tenor.com

Trevor Smith @trevzorftw.bsky.social · Aug 10

Lasagna came out great. Homemade sauce, bechamel, and noodles. Fresh squash, peppers, and ricotta. Def bubbled over.

Cooking protip: put that lasagna on a sheet pan before baking. Your smoke detector will thank you.

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Trevor Smith @trevzorftw.bsky.social · Aug 9

Making sauce for lasagna.

It bangs

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Trevor Smith @trevzorftw.bsky.social · Aug 8

Happy Friday! Have a great and safe weekend! Kitty demands it

Cute black cat sitting in a box in front of a different box that she shits in

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Trevor Smith @trevzorftw.bsky.social · Aug 7

A bagel with toppings on both sides and a respectable amount of schmeer. Glorious.

An everything bagel covered in toppings. Peep that classic schmeer. Very respectable amount of schmeer.

Trevor Smith @trevzorftw.bsky.social · Aug 2

Recently in r/askreddit there have been a lot of prompts that fall into this formula:
"[Group of people] of reddit, what are your thoughts/feelings on [bit of generally political news]?"
It feels like these prompts are targeted training of AI language models with how formulaic they are.

Trevor Smith @trevzorftw.bsky.social · Jul 25

Providing either a photo of your ID or a selfie that uses biometric data to approximate age to see mature content on websites is crazy town. Can't wait to hear about that 23andme-level data breach.

I'm all for protecting the kids but, boy howdy, does this feel dangerous.

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